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The show typified the mixed
emotions of the Chinese about the
Western invasion of their lives,
says DeWoskin. "China is nervous
about the cost of modernization,"
she says, noting that while the
Chinese found Western products
and pop singers attractive, they
worried about losing their own
culture. In other parts of the book,
DeWoskin depicts how friends of
hers, both Chinese and American,
experience cultural clashes.
She herself watched Beijing
evolve dramatically in five years:
skyscrapers sprang up, and donkey
carts vanished. By the end of her
stay, she writes, "street kiosks
made way for sleek boutiques and
cafes where Chinese and foreigners
lounged together, drinking lattes
and Italian sodas."
Although not raised to be partic-
ularly religious, DeWoskin attend-
ed Jewish services regularly in
Beijing, along with other Jewish
expatriates as well as members of
China's tiny, ancient Jewish popu-
lation, who lived in the nearby city
of Kaifeng.
Open about her Jewishness,
DeWoskin was pleased that "the
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DeWoskin returned to the United

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the only way I could take on that
film role was to use a different
name. And after that, I remained
Kristin."
It was also right around that time
that her career started to take off.
She was cast in the original
Broadway musical production of
Grease, playing the role of Patty
Simcox. That was in 1970s, and
more plum roles on the New York
stage came her way. She appeared on
Broadway portraying Leona
Helmsley in Mayor and in the Off-
Broadway productions of Trust, All

That Glitters, Light up the Sky,
Marvin's Room and Blood Orange,
among others.
Aside from performing in the the-
ater, Kristin landed various television
roles and is probably best known to

soap fans as Delia Reid Ryan on
Ryan's Hope. She also appeared on
Loving and Another World, and guest-
starred on the primetime shows Law
& Order, Third Watch and The

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In her personal life, Kristin, who is
not married but has a male signifi-
cant other, enjoys singing at local
venues and mentoring troubled kids.
While she is not religious, her
Judaism is important to her.
"I consider myself a cultural Jew
and am proud of my background,"
says Kristin, whose parents live in
Florida. Her father, who is now
retired, owned beauty parlors in New
York, which, she says, is ironic, as